Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Worker for Alleged Consequential Aggravation

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker failed to prove she had suffered injuries to both shoulders stemming from an incident in which she attempted to catch a fainting patient at a doctor’s office. Case: Matter of Barden v. General Physicians PC, No. 533089, 10/07/2021, published. Facts: Cindy L. Barden worked for General Physicians PC as a patient services representative. She suffered injuries at work in February 2019 while trying to catch a patient who had fainted. General Physicians informed the Workers' Compensation Board of the injury and accepted liability for a righ...